![]() Those younger than that, however, most likely will find a lot of the talking parts boring and could get antsy waiting for Barbie to do something fun again. Tweens and teens might appreciate the social commentary (which Gerwig has made straightforward and easily digestible), and kids around 9 or 10 will enjoy the goofball humor while the intellectual discussion goes over their heads. (That might even disqualify some adults, honestly.) “Barbie” starts off enjoyably spirited but when Robbie’s Barbie drops the line, “Do you guys ever think about dying?” at a Dreamhouse dance party, it kicks off a bunch of heady themes that the movie gamely dives into, like the meaning of life and the role of the patriarchy. ![]() No, it is not – unless your child is REALLY into the study of gender norms and/or knows what the term “Proustian” means. The situation leads to misadventures for both dolls, a mom (America Ferrera) and her daughter are swept up in Barbie’s existential crisis, and even Barbie Land itself is thrown into disarray. However, when Stereotypical Barbie (Robbie) begins to recognize strange occurrences – like thoughts of death and signs of cellulite – she and her quasi-boyfriend Ken (Ryan Gosling) go on a trip to the Real World to set things right. ![]() And being a meta comedy about the most famous doll of the past 60-plus years, it’s the type of movie that’s going to appeal to children of various ages.īut is it for your youngsters? Here’s what moms and dads need to know about “Barbie” and if they can take the kids or need to find a baby-sitter for a date night out: What is ‘Barbie’ about, anyway?īarbie Land is a pink-bedecked paradise of plastic where all the Barbies hang out and have fun while the Kens are just sort of there as window dressing. It follows the heroine and her boyfriend Ken who have been cast out of the wonderful world of Barbie Land, like Adam and Eve from paradise, in order to discover real life.Chances are, someone in your family is likely to have seen a peppy TV spot, one of the fun-filled trailers or even an online “Barbenheimer” poster and been all, “Come on, ' Barbie,' let's go party.”ĭirected by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie, “Barbie” (in theaters Friday) has been on the mind of pop-culture fans for a while now as one of the summer’s most anticipated films. Gerwig co-wrote the screenplay with her husband Noah Baumbach, who has written several acclaimed films himself ( Frances Ha, Marriage Story), for which he has sometimes been dubbed the new Woody Allen.Īlong with The Adventures of Indiana Jones, a new installment of Mission Impossible, and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, Barbie is one of the big movies of the summer. For one, it is directed by Greta Gerwig, a filmmaker and actress adored by movie buffs, who directed the critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated films Lady Bird and Little Women. It has taken until the summer of 2023 for the very first Barbie movie to come out – and the new release will not disappoint. The famous command "be pretty and shut up!" would have been everywhere − on-screen and in real life.Īll this is pure speculation since the few attempts at a film adaptation never came to fruition. As for the actress playing the famous doll, she would have been mocked, reduced to the plasticized persona of a brainless beauty and quickly forgotten, except perhaps by a few cult fans of bad movies who would have idolized her. The movie would have been a pure marketing product, designed to encourage viewers to buy a plastic figurine on their way out of the theater. We would have immediately pictured a slim, blond actress portraying the same attitudes on screen as the doll made by Mattel since 1959. Thirty years ago, 20 years ago, maybe even 10 years ago, this sentence would have conjured up an entirely different image than it does today. The 33-year-old actress, in the highly anticipated summer movie directed by Greta Gerwig, challenges patriarchy with biting irony in an atmosphere too pink to be banal.Īn actress is playing Barbie on the big screen. ProfileFrom plastic perfection to empowered icon. Margot Robbie, a new kind of Barbie By Clément Ghys Published on July 18, 2023, at 5:44 am (Paris), updated on July 19, 2023, at 3:58 pm
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